Messa di Orfeo


Messa di Orfeo is the twentieth and last album by Popol Vuh. It was originally released in 1999 on Spalax and features music played during an audio-video-light installation as performed in the Labyrinth of Molfetta, Bari, during the Time Zones Festival in 1998.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Florian Fricke.
  1. "Deep in the Ocean of Love" – 2:50
  2. "Strofa 1" – 3:37
  3. "Nascita dell' ape" – 7:18
  4. "Strofa 2" – 3:45
  5. "Dall' origine al divenire" – 2:15
  6. "Strofa 3" – 4:05
  7. "Strofa 4" – 3:49
  8. "Primo movimento" – 13:41
  9. "Strofa 5" – 3:48

Personnel

Credits

Live recording by Popol Vuh

Studio recording at Tom Tom-Studio, Bari, Italy

Produced by Popol Vuh and Time Zones

Liner notes

The liner notes of the album are in Italian.
Original text in Italian
Orfeo, il bardo, fa parte degli argonauti

Oiagros, dio del fiume, suo padre

Calliope, la musa, sua madre

I suoi emblemi sono l'ape e la cicala, animali divini, amici delle muse
Translation in English
Orpheus, the bard, part of the Argonauts

Oeagrus, god of the river, his father

Calliope, the Muse, his mother

His emblems are the bee and the grasshopper, divine animals, friends of the Muses

Lyrics

Original in Italian
La terra ed io siamo uno

i suoi occhi ed i miei occhi sono uno

le sue orecchie e le mie orecchie sono uno

La terra ed io siamo uno

le sue ossa e le mie ossa sono uno

La terra ed io siamo uno

la sua carne e la mia carne sono uno

La terra ed io siamo uno

il suo sangue ed il mio sangue sono uno

La terra ed io siamo uno

il suo respiro ed il mio respiro sono uno

La terra mi tiene e mi ama da sempre
Translation in English
The Earth and I are one

His eyes and my eyes are one

His ears and my ears are one
The Earth and I are one

His bones and my bones are one
The Earth and I are one

His flesh and my flesh are one
The Earth and I are one

His blood and my blood are one
The Earth and I are one

His breath and my breath are one

The Earth always holds me and loves me